Tag: convict

Le Trou (1960) 8.5

Le Trou (1960)

Storyline:Just as four cell-mates are about to launch their elaborate escape from a tiny cell, a detainee from a cell-block under repair is transferred in. The four all face certain conviction and long sentences. Does...

Duets (2000) 6.1

Duets (2000)

Storyline:Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. There's the struggling singer who dreams of making it to the big time, a frust...

Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison (2020) 5.3

Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison (2020)

Storyline:Released from prison and placed on probation, Tijuana Jackson sets out to fulfill his dream of becoming a world renowned motivational speaker but fails to comply with strict orders from his no-nonsense proba...

Wild Women (TV Movie 1970) 6

Wild Women (TV Movie 1970)

Storyline:Five female convicts are recruited to secretly transport arms into Mexican-held Texas in 1840.User Reviews: Basic Plot: The US Army wants to move some guns into the disputed Texas Territory. They decide to d...

Father Hood (1993) 5.6

Father Hood (1993)

Storyline:Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might jus...

The Chase (1994) 5.7

The Chase (1994)

Storyline:Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the ri...

Hydra (2009) 3.9

Hydra (2009)

Storyline:The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transport...

Desperate Measures (1998) 6.0

Desperate Measures (1998)

Storyline:San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter Mc...

Eastern Condors (1987) 7.2

Eastern Condors (1987)

Storyline:A motley group of Asian prisoners held in the US are given one chance for freedom. They are to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missles that the US left behind during the pull-out. The grou...

Another 48 Hrs. (1990) 6.0

Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

Storyline:For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the User Reviews: You got framed. That's what every convict says!rnrnThe theme tune says it...

Two Rode Together (1961) 6.8

Two Rode Together (1961)

Storyline:The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to ass...

Penitentiary (1979) 5.8

Penitentiary (1979)

Storyline:A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an eff...

Krakatoa: East of Java (1968) 5.5

Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)

Storyline:The Dutch East Indies, in the late 19th century. Capt. Hanson of the "Batavia Queen" is preparing to embark on a salvage expedition. His mistress, Laura, knows the location of a ship belonging to her late hu...

Van Diemen’s Land (2009) 6

Van Diemen’s Land (2009)

Storyline:The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a wo...

Slow Burn (Video 2000) 5

Slow Burn (Video 2000)

Storyline:Two Americans, with their young daughter Trina, live in the northern Mexican desert, searching for family diamonds lost years before. Jump ahead, Trina's parents are mysteriously dead, and Trina, now grown, ...

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 7.8

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Storyline:Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to rea...